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How much money is the real question? We don't know the full costs of researching and bringing a drug to market? I've never seen a study that outlines these cost
by kumarski 14y ago
How much money is the real question? We don't know the full costs of researching and bringing a drug to market? I've never seen a study that outlines these costs in detail.
- protomyth 14y agoYou look at the financial statements of the drug company. They have shareholders and are required to file financial documents.
- kumarski 14y agoI have looked at the 10-K filings for many publicly traded pharmaceutical companies. They use creative accounting techniques that prevent true analysis of what it costs to bring a drug to market. The specific questions I want to answer are related to the following. For one therapeutic drug...... Labor? Machinery? Experimentation? LogisticS? While they are in the business of making pharmaceuticals, they have cloaked the actual costs with accounting practices.